Scenes from a Broken Hand
Andrew OrdoverThoughts on teaching, writing, living, loving, and whatever else comes to mind
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[2026 Re-Post] The Mysterious Gifts of Scale
Some nonfiction books, I remember in great detail. With others, I remember only a shell of the main idea. Geoffrey West’s book, Scale, is one of the latter. While I was reading it, I was fascinated by all the weird anecdotes and examples of...
The Pursuit of Happiness
“And what is good, Phaedrus,
And what is not good—
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?”
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
[A revision of an earlier post, “Marcus and Me,” from 2024]
Let’s Sta...
The True Story
There is no such thing as a true story.
Hear me out…
A story is a structured and organized arrangement of events. If the events and characters have been invented by an author, then obviously it is not “true.” That’s easy. But even if the...
Shorter Sharper Saner
The Problem
I wonder sometimes if the enchantment with strongmen that we’re seeing is happening not because of the power and effectiveness of anyone offering themselves to us, but just because the audience has gotten bored with the sh...
You Can't Escape the Apple
The garden was never a place to stay
You don’t have to be a religious person to be familiar with the story of Adam and Eve. It would be difficult to grow up in America and not be exposed to some images, somewhere, of the two biblical ances...
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Educator, author, empty-nest dad, husband of the amazing producer of the fabulous CraftLit podcast. Mystery novels available in print or on Kindle.
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